Eric Hobsbawm CH FRSL FBA | |
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![]() Hobsbawm in 2011 | |
Born | Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm 9 Juin 1917 Alexandria, Sultanate o Egypt |
Dee'd | 1 October 2012 Lunnon, Ingland | (aged 95)
Thrift | Historian, social theorist an author |
Ceetizenship | Breetish |
Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
Genre | Warld history, Wastren history |
Notable warks | The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848, The Age of Capital: 1848–1875, The Age of Empire: 1875–1914, The Age of Extremes: 1914–1991, Bandits, Echoes of the Marseillaise |
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Bairns | Joshua Bennathan, Julia an Andy Hobsbawm |
Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm, CH, FBA, FRSL (9 Juin 1917 – 1 October 2012) wis ane o the maist prominent 20t century Breetish an Warld historians o the Marxist schuil of thocht. Ootthrou his life he rcontinued tae be a confirmed memmer o the Breetish Communist Pairty. His best-kent warks include his trilogy aboot the lang 19t yearhunner (The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848, The Age of Capital: 1848–1875; The Age of Empire: 1875–1914), The Age of Extremes on the short 20t century; an an editit vollum which introduced the influential idea o "inventit traditions".